Food fortification - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 13, 2021 · Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more micronutrients (i.e., vitamins and minerals) in a food or condiment to improve the nutritional quality of …
Food fortification - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 14, 2022 · The most widely used vehicles for fortification are among the most commonly consumed foods, including oils and fats, milk, sugar, salt, rice, wheat, or maize flour. Some factors related to …
Vitamin A fortification of staple foods - World Health Organization …
Aug 9, 2023 · Foods such as edible oils and fats, cereal grains, condiments, refined sugar and milk have been successfully fortified with vitamin A and studies have shown that consumption of vitamin A …
Food fortification Q&A - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 1, 2018 · Food fortification, including use of fortified food ingredients in processed foods, is already the global norm, with no detrimental impacts upon the final food product or business profitability and …
Fortification of maize flour and corn meal
Aug 9, 2023 · Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e. vitamins and minerals (including trace elements) in a food, so as to improve the …
Fortification of wheat flour - World Health Organization (WHO)
Large scale fortification of staple foods is an effective, simple, and inexpensive strategy to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply through increasing vitamin and mineral content (1). Over 1.6 …
Fortification of staple foods with zinc for improving zinc status and ...
Foods fortified with zinc versus no intervention No identified trials reported on this comparison. 5. Additional author observations* The overall methodological quality of the trials included in this review …
Fortification of wheat flour - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 9, 2023 · Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e. vitamins and minerals (including trace elements) in a food, so as to improve the …
Biofortification of crops with minerals and vitamins
Provitamin A carotenoids impart colour to foods; therefore, biofortification with these carotenoids will change the colour of crops. Thus, motivating consumers to change their buying and eating habits …
Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for ...
To assess the effects and safety of home (point-of-use) fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders on nutritional, health and developmental outcomes in children under two years of age.